..East Asian desert dust storms that occur during mainly spring are called Asian dust storms (ADS). Our objective was to study the association of pollen and ADS with symptoms of adult asthma patients in Japan...

..The prognosis in all was very poor, and the QOL was compromised. However, several cases have improved with therapy to the gingiva. We believe that initial therapy should be directed at metastatic gingival tumors of the lung...

..While there are reports that CYFRA 21-1 is a useful tumor marker, to our knowledge the clinical utility of this marker to detect recurrences for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus has not been addressed...

Measuring subepithelial thickness using endobronchial ultrasonography in a patient with asthma: a case report

..After the change of therapy, the reduction in the tumor has continued and the tumor progression is under control without a decline in the patient's QOL from the start of the chemotherapy over 6 months to the present...

Prognostic factors in patients with submucosal carcinoma of the oesophagus

..Based on our findings, vessel invasion, intramural metastasis and lymph node metastasis are thus considered to be significant prognostic factors in patients with submucosal carcinoma of the oesophagus...

An obstructed venous aneurysm presenting as an abdominal mass: report of a case